Each legion had between 4,000 and 6,000 soldiers ... Image caption, This modern painting shows Roman soldiers at Birdoswald Fort (Hadrian's Wall). A centurion watches men training.
Each legion had between 4,000 and 6,000 soldiers ... Image caption, This modern painting shows Roman soldiers at Birdoswald Fort (Hadrian's Wall). A centurion watches men training.
Roman sources show four legions took part in the invasion ... is a known Iron Age fort and nearby is Camp Hill, thought to have been a temporary Roman camp. Dr Elliott has used aerial photos ...
a Roman province extending from Lake Constance to the Inn River, with its capital at Augusta Vindelicorum (modern Augsburg). Interior of the reconstructed Saalburg fort. Credit: Holger Weinandt / ...
taking plots of land near remote Roman forts. Rome was not always able to honor the important promise of land. In 14 AD, just after Tiberius had become emperor, a mutiny broke out among legions in ...